“Beyond the Broken: ‘The House We Lived In’ – An Eye-Opening Odyssey into Brain Injury Awareness by Pixela Films & Gravitas Ventures” Pixela Films announces the release for their new documentary film, “The House We Lived In.â€Â With a soundtrack by American indie folk band Bon Iver, the film took 12 years to make and is a personal project for Pixela Co-Founder Tim O’Donnell, as its main subject is his dad. Initiated in the confines of an ICU with nothing but an iPhone, the documentary traces the journey of Tim’s father, Tod, from a life-threatening, eight-day coma to a miraculous recovery. Amidst this…
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Workers collect dry cocoa beans in front of the store of a cocoa cooperative in the village of Hermankono on Nov. 14, 2023.Sia Kambou | Afp | Getty ImagesAnalysts believe the cost of the core chocolate ingredient may have room to extend its record-breaking run, with no sign of significant demand destruction yet on the horizon.Concerns over the supply of cocoa in West Africa, home to around three quarters of the world’s production, have driven the market higher in recent months.In New York, benchmark ICE cocoa futures stood at $6,549 per metric ton on Wednesday. The contract, which surpassed $6,000…
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell fist-bumps former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin after a House Financial Services Committee hearing on “Oversight of the Treasury Department’s and Federal Reserve’s Pandemic Response” in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 2, 2020.Greg Nash | ReutersThe $1 billion-plus injection that New York Community Bank announced Wednesday is the latest example of private equity players coming to the need of a wounded American lender.Led by $450 million from ex-Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s Liberty Strategic Capital, a group of private investors are plowing fresh funds into NYCB. The move soothed concerns about the…
Chicago artists Sima Cunningham and Macie Stewart previously released music together under the name Ohmme, and they’ve now announced their first full-length as Finom. The new album, Not God, is out May 24 via Joyful Noise. Leading the LP is “Haircut,†and it comes with a music video featuring the band a magician played by director Alex Grelle. Watch it below.Cunningham (who works for the company that helps produce Pitchfork Music Festival) and Stewart recorded Not God with producer Jeff Tweedy at Wilco’s Loft studio in Chicago. Discussing today’s new song and video, the duo said in a press statement:“Haircut 
Jack Antonoff has spoken about his past experiences working with Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey, which he has described as “magicâ€. Speaking with Zane Lowe for Apple Music 1, the musician, songwriter and producer opened up about his working relationship with the two singers. According to the hit producer, there’s “magic†in the air whenever he gets into the studio with Swift and Del Rey, though he’s unsure how long it’ll last. “Every time we do something new, I joke, ‘I guess we still got it,’ because there’s no reason for it to keep coming the way it does, 
Yesterday Google outlined the changes it will make to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) that goes into effect starting today. One important detail it left out, however, was whether it would charge developers who directed users outside the Play Store to sideload apps — and if so, how much.Now, Google has revealed that it will indeed charge developers even if they don’t use the Play Store, just like Apple did with the App Store. Per new details found in the Play Console help section, the company will charge two new fees:An initial acquisition fee of 10% for…
Apple added support for alternative app marketplaces on iPhone devices with the iOS 17.4 update, after much anticipation. However, it has now released a support document explaining the nuances around the eligibility of the feature. Surprisingly, the Cupertino-based tech giant said that it might stop access to marketplaces if a user travels outside of the countries and regions belonging to the European Union (EU) for a long period of time. The pre-installed apps will also not be updated for as long as the user has not returned to the EU.EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) came into force on March 6,…
Harry’s humanity is showing on Resident Alien Season 3 Episode 4 when he falls in love for the first time in his human form. We all know what it’s like to fall in love. The feeling is almost euphoric, and nothing else in your life seems even remotely important anymore. When tasked with saving the world, that lapse in your attention span can be problematic. Luckily, everyone in Harry’s orbit just talked right over his need to talk about nothing but love. Resident Alien has so much to say about humanity and its oddities,…
WASHINGTON — Labor unions, domestic manufacturers, business associations and other interest organizations on Wednesday announced a bipartisan coalition to target an import loophole allowing billions of un-taxed goods into the U.S.”The coalition we have assembled is a testament to the mounting pressure to close the de minimis loophole,” Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., said. The ranking member of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade is working in conjunction with the new Coalition to Close the De Minimis Loophole.The group will call attention to a so-called “de minimis” provision of Section 321 of the Tariff Act of 1930, which waives…
Darling, Please Flatten Me With the Volvo A Contagious Age DEAR ________ : I WANT TO BE A BETTER FRIEND, I’M SORRY You put your hand on my neck and whisper that if you were here you would sew me a telephone. But you are here, I say, and then you walk to the door. I follow your shadow past my mother’s gun-filled aquarium and meet you on the porch where we watch a slow wreck occur on the highway. The colliding metal makes a severity of noises and we stand admitting our own heroic transgressions without ever discussing who…
Men who know how to snazz themselves up are in short supply these days. I get it, it’s hard work keeping track of everything you need to keep you smelling and looking great. Still, we have to be on the top of our game at all times when it comes to grooming. That’s where the best bay rum aftershaves come into play. Offering the dreamiest blend of Caribbean spices and bay leaf oil, bay rum is an essential part of any man’s shaving kit. There’s something irresistible about the nautical musk of a sailorman, so there’s no reason not to…
Our tongues work hard. We need them to taste food, to talk, to kiss. They not only move food around to help us swallow, but they also work to get tiny pieces of food out of our teeth after a meal, right? According to Dr. Martinna Bertolini, an assistant professor of dental medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine, the tongue is the only tissue in the human body that has papillae—minuscule bumps that help grip food. They come in handy, say, when you’re licking an ice cream cone or slurping noodles. The tongue also has thousands…
Scorpio Energy Season 46 • Episode 2 [Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for Survivor Season 46 Episode 2.] Yanu can’t catch a break. The purple team lost big again Survivor Season 46 Episode 2, which aired Wednesday, March 6 on CBS. With the latest elimination, they’ve hopefully cleared the way for future wins. But as it stands, there’s only one Yanu player who can lead them there, making them the player of the week in our Survivor 46 Power Players ranking below. Just like with the Survivor 46 premiere, Tribes Nami and Siga were victorious in this week’s combined Immunity and Reward…
Omar Marques | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesMeta’s hefty investment in artificial intelligence includes development of an AI system designed to power Facebook’s entire video recommendation engine across all its platforms, a company executive said Wednesday.Tom Alison, the head of Facebook, said part of Meta’s “technology roadmap that goes to 2026” involves developing an AI recommendation model that can power both the company’s TikTok-like Reels short video service and more traditional, longer videos.To date, Meta has typically used a separate model for each of its products, such as Reels, Groups and the core Facebook Feed, Alison said onstage…
China’s central bank governor said there was room to further cut banks’ reserve requirements, and pledged to utilize monetary policy to prop up consumer prices.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBEIJING — The heads of China’s central bank and economic planning agency signaled that authorities would be willing to take further steps to support growth, but did not announce any large-scale stimulus plans.Pan Gongsheng, governor of the People’s Bank of China, told reporters Wednesday there was room to further cut banks’ reserve requirements — the amount of cash they need to have on hand. He also pledged to utilize monetary policy…
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) at a Keep America Great Rally at the Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky, November 4, 2019.Yuri Gripas | ReutersSenate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell endorsed Donald Trump for president Wednesday, putting aside years of hostilities between the two top Republicans.McConnell’s announcement cements Trump’s support among leading GOP members of Congress as he is on track to face President Joe Biden in November in a rematch of the 2020 election.”It is abundantly clear that former President Trump has earned the requisite support of Republican voters to be our nominee for President of…
A Boeing 767 passenger aircraft of Delta Air Lines arrives from Dublin at JFK International Airport in New York as the Manhattan skyline looms in the background on Feb. 7, 2024.Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty ImagesDelta Air Lines just became the latest airline to raise its checked bag fee — this time by $5, beginning Tuesday.Delta said the fee for both the first and second checked bag is increasing by $5 for most domestic and short-haul international routes. Travelers with Delta perks, such as Delta SkyMiles Medallion members and customers in first class, will continue to receive their allotment…
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds are back with a new album. Wild God, the follow-up to Ghosteen, arrives August 30, and you can hear the title track below. Cave and Warren Ellis, who released the interim album Carnage in 2021, produced the new LP, with David Fridmann on mixing duties. Colin Greenwood—Radiohead bassist and sometime Cave touring bandmate—and guitarist Luis Almau are billed as additional performers on the LP. Scroll down to see the tracklist and cover art.Cave said in press materials, “There’s no fucking around with this record. When it hits, it hits. It lifts you. It moves…